Card-holder



H. J. FARNHAM.

CARD HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED .1AN.II,I92I.

Patented Oct. 18, 1921.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HUBERT J'. FARNHAM, OF WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOB TO THE PRICE 6r, LEE COMPANY, OF NEW' HAVEN', CONNECTICUT, A CORIORATION.

' CARD-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters atent.

Patented Oct. 18, 1921.

Application filed January 11, 1921. Serial No. 436,429.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, HUBERT J. FARNHM, a citizen of the United States, residing at West Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Card-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and kthe characters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part ot this application, and represent, in-

Figure 1 a perspective view ot a card holder constructed in accordance with my invention and shown as detached.

F ig. 2 a plan view of a tile pro-vided with a series of holders constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 3 a sectional view on line ot Fig. 2.

Figa a perspective view showing a modied form of card holder and a clip tor use in connection with the same.

This invention relates` to an improvement in cardholders and particularly to holders adapted to permit the cards to be turned from one position to another. In making up directories cards containing the names of residents and business oilices are arranged in o-rder of streets, and subsequently rearranged alphabetically tor the printer. The object of this invention is to provide a holder which is 'adapted for use by canvassers, but also for use by the printer, and the invention consists in construction as hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claim.

The holders proper are formed from a single piece. ot wire, the ends bent at right angles from points at equa-l distances from the center, so as to form a lip 5, both ends of the wires are then turned upward to 'form posts 6 and 7, bowed forward and thence downward forming posts 8 and 9, connected by arches 10 and 11; the ends 12 and 13 ot the wires are thence carried forward in the plane ofthe lip 5. In other words, arches are formed in the holder between the Jforward and rear ends.

These card holders are adapted for use in file cases, including a iXed strip 14, beneath` which the lips 5 may extend, the exireme ends of the wires 12 and 13 adapted to pass through clearance notches 15 and 16, termed in a slide-bar 17, which is adapted to be moved by suitable key mechanism 1S, so as to move the notches 15 and 16 out ot line with the ends et the wires, so as to irmly lock them in position.

Generally, these files are adapted to contain several card holders. Betere insertingthe holders into the i'ile, cards are placed thereon. these cards being perforated to pass over the ends ot' the wires and lie one upon the other, with the posts extending upward through them. The cards are thus tree te be moved from the forward posts to the rearward posts, or vice-versa. It it is desired to set up type from the cards themselves, the card holders may be removed from the file and inserted into a clip 19, as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, this clip having a block 20, with notches to receive the ends ot the wires, and at the opposite end with a spring flange 21, with which the lip 5 may engage and, as also shown in Fig. el oi the drawings, the lip 5 may be a long` lip. or in other words, the arches may be toi-med midway between the ends of the wires and the lip at the center thereof. lith the cards held as in a clip. as shown in Fig. 4 ot the drawings, they are in convenient position tor use by a typesetter, who may turn the cards from a position at one side ot the arches to the opposite side.

lVhile describing the device as used in obtaining data for directories and tor use by printers, it is 'obvious that the holders as described may be used for a variety7 ot purposes where cards are employed.

-I claim:

The combination with a card holder formed from a single piece of wire and comprising a lip, parallel archesl and ends, of a holder provided with means tor engaging said lip and the ends of the said wire.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence ot two subscribing` witnesses.

HUBERT J. FARNHAM Witnesses:

C. E. WILLETT, CHARLES L. HEATGN. 

